Section: Africa&ME
Out of Gas: Turkey is Losing Its Battle with Russia
Protesters hold placards and shout slogans as they take part in an anti-Turkey picket outside the Turkish embassy in Moscow (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images) Turkey has told the Reuters news agency that Russia has stopped work on its nuclear power plants. In reality, the Turks are exaggerating. The Russians haven’t really stopped—they...
Ukraine invites Netherlands to help probe stolen art
KIEV: Ukrainian investigators on Thursday called on the Netherlands to help probe the fate of a batch of precious Dutch paintings reportedly being held by a volunteer battalion fighting pro-Russian insurgents in the east of the ex-Soviet state. “We are waiting — and they are welcomed here in Ukraine — the official investigators who can...
Turkey’s Aim to Annex Northern Syria and Iraq | Global Research
Turkey is a NATO member, a close US ally in its regional war OF terror, battling Kurds in northern Syria and Iraq on the phony pretext of combating ISIS. Erdogan long coveted annexing Aleppo and other northern Syrian areas, as well as bordering Iraqi territory – the latter objective to seize and control valued Mosul area oil fields. Hundreds of...
Ukraine says breaks up armed insurgent group in Kiev, two killed
NNA – Ukraine39;s security service said on Thursday it had broken up an armed insurgent group that operated out of Kiev and other major Ukrainian cities and that two people had been killed during th …read more Source: National News...
In Ukraine: Security service breaks up armed insurgent group in Kiev, two killed
"Just in one place in the capital we found eight homemade explosive devices, four kilogrammes of TNT, automatic weapons, about forty hand grenades and 2,000 cartridges," spokeswoman Olena Gitlyanska said Ukraine’s security service said on Thursday it had broken up an armed insurgent group that operated out of Kiev and other major...
Russia can’t mend ties with U.S. while it backs sanctions: Lavrov
Russia wants to mend ties with the United States but cannot do so while Barack Obama’s administration backs economic sanctions against Moscow for its role in the conflict in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted on Thursday as saying. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine says breaks up armed insurgent group in Kiev, two killed
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Time names Merkel Person of the Year
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named “Person of the Year 2015” by Time magazine. ||| Time magazine on Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its “Person of the Year 2015,” hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart. “For asking more of her country than most...
Ukraine won’t repay debt because ‘they are crooks:’ Russia
MOSCOW/KIEV: Russian officials blasted the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday for changing its long-established lending rules to keep supporting Ukraine and called Kiev’s authorities “crooks” who are unlikely to repay a $3 billion debt to Moscow. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said Ukraine has 10 days after the Moscow-held Eurobond...
Putin orders to sue Ukraine over unpaid debt
Russian president orders the government to sue Ukraine if it defaults on $3 billion debt which must be repaid this month …read more Source: World...
